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Space Mechanic Simulator is a few updates short of "kinda good"

Get a spaceman in

A small piston pump and its accompanying menu from Space Mechanic Simulator
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Atomic Jelly/Playway

Space Mechanic Simulator almost had me. The promise of jetpacking over to satellites and stations then tinkering in their innards is a solid one, and adjacent to my impossible space salvage game dream. Elements of it work. Others are within acceptable levels of wonkiness for me personally. But it needs a bit of an overhaul to fix some silly design choices it's hobbled itself with.

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